Lighter
Trade perpetuals with low costs and low latency
Seattle, United States · Founded 2010 · $68.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2010
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- lighter.xyz
- Total Funding
- $68.0M
- Last Round
- $68.0M Series BNov 2025
- Rounds
- 1
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Lighter is a fully verifiable decentralized perpetuals exchange built on an application-specific zk-rollup on Ethereum L2, offering low-cost and low-latency trading with custom ZK circuits for verifiable matching and liquidations. Founded in 2022 by Vladimir Novakovski, Lighter raised $68 million from investors including Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, and Haun Ventures.
Summary
Lighter is a Fintech company based in Seattle, United States, founded in 2010. It has raised $68.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $68.0M Series B round in Nov 2025. Investors include Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital and Haun Ventures.
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Funding History
Nov 2025
Investors
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